Indigenous unmanned aerial system (UAS) development and manufacturing capabilities are advancing rapidly, worldwide.

North America and Europe lead the world in technological capabilities along with Israel. While those regions will continue to build on the successes of advanced UAS programs, countries in Asia, the Middle East, and South America will provide significant competition for international UAS programs in military and commercial markets.

UAS-related partnerships between established market leaders and companies in growing markets will accelerate indigenous capabilities. Specific countries seeking to establish more robust defense industrial bases through partnerships include Brazil, India, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Barriers to growing indigenous UAS capabilities are centered around subsystems and sensors rather than the platforms themselves.

By 2024, China will be a UAS market leader, along with the US, Europe, and Israel, in both military and commercial applications. While Chinese payloads may not be as advanced as the other market leaders, customers that cannot purchase from other market leaders due to trade restrictions will line up to pay for some capability rather than no capability at all.

Executive Summary

Purpose

Indigenization-2014

UAS Indigenous Capabilities-2014

Supplier Landscape-2014

UAS Classification

Southeast Asia (SE Asia) and Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Regional Snapshot-SE Asia and APAC Exports and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import into SE Asia and APAC

List of Indigenous Programs*

SE Asia and APAC-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Australia, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Australia, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-India, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-India, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Pakistan, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Pakistan, 2024

Regional Conclusions-SE Asia and APAC

Rest of Asia

Regional Snapshot-Rest of Asia Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import and Partnerships in the Rest of Asia

List of Indigenous Programs*

Rest of Asia-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-China, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-China, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Japan, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Japan, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Russia, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Russia, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-South Korea, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-South Korea, 2024

Regional Conclusions-Rest of Asia

Africa

Regional Snapshot-African Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import Into Africa

List of Indigenous Programs*

Africa-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Nigeria, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Nigeria, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-South Africa, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-South Africa, 2024

Regional Conclusions-Africa

Middle East

Regional Snapshot-Middle East Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import into Middle East

List of Indigenous Programs*

Middle East-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Saudi Arabia, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Saudi Arabia, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-United Arab Emirates, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-United Arab Emirates, 2024

Regional Conclusions-Middle East

Western Europe

Regional Snapshot-Western Europe Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import and Partnerships in Western Europe

List of Indigenous Programs*

Western Europe-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Italy, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Italy, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Sweden, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Sweden, 2024

Regional Conclusions-Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Regional Snapshot-Eastern European Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import into Eastern Europe

List of Indigenous Programs*

Eastern Europe-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Poland, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Poland, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Turkey, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Turkey, 2024

Regional Conclusions-Eastern Europe

South America

Regional Snapshot-South American Export and Partnerships

Regional Snapshot-Import into South America

List of Indigenous Programs*

South America-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Argentina, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Argentina, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Brazil, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Brazil, 2024

Regional Conclusions-South America

North America

Regional Snapshot-North American Export

Regional Snapshot-Import into North America

List of Indigenous Programs*

North America-Trends, Opportunities, and Unmet Needs

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Canada, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Canada, 2024

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Mexico, 2014

Indigenous Capability Assessment-Mexico, 2024

Regional Conclusions-North America

Indigenization-2024

UAS Indigenous Capabilities-2024

Conclusions

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